Science and Stewardship

© Gerry Lang

Godfrey Pond at Devil's Den Preserve

As a part of a continuing effort to safeguard the diversity of life on Earth, The Nature Conservancy looks to science for guidance. The Nature Conservancy's scientists emphasize a broad view of the natural world, analyzing entire landscapes through units called ecoregions. Ecoregion-based conservation allows us to identify and help the world’s threatened forests, rivers, prairies, wetlands and other natural communities. To learn more about our conservation efforts in one of these communities, please select a Science and Stewardship site below.

Invasive Plant - Purple Loosestrife
Invasive Plant - Purple Loosestrife

Invasive Plant - Japanese Knotweed
Invasive Plant - Japanese Knotweed

Invasive Plant - Asiatic (Oriental) Bittersweet
Asiatic (Oriental) Bittersweet

Invasive Plant - Common Reed
Invasive Plant - Common Reed

Invasive Plant - Glossy Buckthorn
Invasive Plant - Glossy Buckthorn

Invasive Plant - Garlic Mustard
Invasive Plant - Garlic Mustard

Invasive Plants in Connecticut - Homepage
Invasive Plants in Connecticut

Invasive Plant - Bush Honeysuckles
Invasive Plant - Bush Honeysuckle

Invasive Plant - Common Buckthorn
Invasive Plant - Common Buckthorn

Invasive Plant - Japanese Barberry
Invasive Plant - Japanese Barberry

Invasive Plant - Japanese Honeysuckle
Invasive Plant - Japanese Honeysuckle

Invasive Plant - Japanese Stilt Grass
Japanese Stilt Grass

Invasive Plant - Multiflora Rose
Invasive Plant - Multiflora Rose